Emiratis begin registering for Healthcare Programme for scholarships, monthly rewards

Dubai: The Healthcare Programme, an initiative by the Emirati Talent Competitiveness Council (Nafis), has begun registering UAE nationals who hold high school degree as a minimum requirement. The initiative aims to attract 2,000 nationals to the health-care sector in 2022, while continuing the process until reaching the target of attracting 10,000 Emiratis to the sector by 2026.

The programme will provide beneficiaries with full scholarships and monthly financial rewards as part of the efforts to create job opportunities for UAE national talents in priority sectors, most notably health care.

‘In collaboration with Nafis’

Al Suwaidi further said: “Investing in this sector is a strategic priority to maintain the UAE’s vision to be the global capital of health-care services and medical tourism.”

‘Identifying strategic sectors’

He explained: “The programme will offer qualification and support for citizens to work in the health-care sector with 100 per cent scholarships and financial rewards. Academically, the programme will cooperate with a selection of higher education institutions in the country, including Fatima College of Health Sciences, Higher Colleges of Technology and Fujairah University, building an ideal model for partnership between the government, private and academic sectors.”

11 initiatives

Emiratis wishing to join the Healthcare Programme can register via Nafis’ website or the concerned universities or colleges’ websites, which can be found on the Ministry’s bio on Instagram (https://linktr.ee/mohre) as well as its pages on other social media platforms.

The Nafis programme includes 11 initiatives: Emirati salary support scheme, merit programme, child allowance scheme, unemployment benefits, pension programme, job offers, vocational counselling programme, healthcare programme, recruitment targets, apprentice programme, and talent programme.